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<DIV><TT><SPAN class=921003923-28032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>The question is
where diminutives become endearing or
belittling/pejorative:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=921003923-28032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV><TT><SPAN class=921003923-28032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3><SPAN class=921003923-28032005>Women and men can be metaphoricized as
little animals (e.g. pets) in many</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=921003923-28032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3><SPAN class=921003923-28032005>languages.
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN class=921003923-28032005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005>English: </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN class=921003923-28032005><FONT face=Times
color=#000000>kitty, filly, chick</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT><FONT><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005></SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005><FONT color=#000000 size=3>German: Täubchen (little
dove), Mäuschen (little mouse),
</FONT></SPAN></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT><FONT><o:p><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">It. <I>topolino</I> “little
mouse-(masc/sing)” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></SPAN></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT
color=#000000><SPAN><SPAN class=921003923-28032005><FONT color=#0000ff>
</FONT></SPAN><EM>pollastra</EM> “</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=#000000><SPAN><EM>pullet</EM><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005> <EM><FONT
color=#000000>"</FONT></EM> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT color=#000000>(fem/sing);
young woman considered as an object of sexual desire”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT
color=#000000> </FONT><SPAN class=921003923-28032005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=3> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">colombella</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> “stock dove-(fem/sing); tender and
loving girl” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN><EM>piccioncina</EM> “young
pidgeon-(fem/sing); love-bird” (used as a term of endearment)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN><EM>orsacchiotto</EM>
“bear-(dim-aug-masc/sing) (i.e. little teddy bear)”(may be used as an
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3> </FONT></SPAN>address term) <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT color=#000000>Fr.
</FONT></SPAN><FONT color=#000000><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">minet</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> “cat; young man or boy friend
(fam.)” <FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P><FONT
color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN class=921003923-28032005>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT
color=#000000><EM>nounours</EM> “teddy bear” </FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=3><SPAN class=921003923-28032005><FONT face=Times
color=#000000> <FONT size=2><EM>poulette </EM>“small and young
hen (term of
endearment)” <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"><SPAN
class=921003923-28032005><FONT face=Arial size=3>Fritz
Goerling</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><TT><SPAN class=921003923-28032005> </SPAN>In Russian language, as in
majority of Slavic languages and some Romance<BR>languages the endearing
suffixes and diminutive ones coincide<BR>dushechka and dushen'ka - sweetie (from
dusha - "soul"), koshechka -<BR>little kitten, myshka (little mouse),
medvezhonok (little bear, Teddy<BR>bear); like in Spanish hermosa - hermosita
(beautiful one). <BR><BR>Best
wishes,<BR>Hayim<BR><BR><BR></DIV></TT>
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